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pin or journal, e, extendedfrom one prong to the other of the fork, and is @uitrit tttta gamut @frn CHARLES THOLL, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Letters Patent 1Y0, 70,289, dated October 29, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-SHAFT CONNECTION.

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TO 'ALL PERSONS TO WHOM. THESE PRESENTS MAY COME:

Be it known that I, CHARLns THoLL, of Boston, invented a new and useful or improved Carriage-Sha described in the following specification,

Figure 1 is a top View,

Figure 2 a side elevation, and

E igure 3 a longitudinal section of it.

In such drawings, A denotes the front axle of a carriage, having ajournal-box, B, fixed to' it by a yoke, C, and its clamp-screws and nuts, as shown at a b a b. This box, formed as represented, Mhas a cap or cover, D, hinged to it, and held down in place by a lever-catch, E, arranged within the box, and turning on a pin or ful` cram, c. The catch works through a slot, d, in the cover of' the box. F is a forked arm, which is to have a to be projected from the shaft. This made to fit into-the box in manner as in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have ft Connection; and do hereby declare the same to be fully and represented in the accompanying drawings, of whichjournal, e, is embraced by a strip or piece of vulcanized India rubber,f, shown in the drawings. The journal turns within the strip of rubber, latch, and to prevent the journal frommaking a noise in the bearing while the carriage may be in use. By .lifting the cover of the 4box the shaft-arm may be easily disengaged from the box, the latch, when the journal and strip of rubber are in place within the box, operating to so keep them therein I claim my improved shaft-connection, constructed substantially as described itscover and catch, and the strip of rubbe `the forked arm F and to the axle, substan viz, of the open box B, with r, or its equivalent, arranged and applied together to the journal of tially in manner as hereinbefore specified. l

. .CHARLES THOLL. Witnesses Y R. H. EDDY,

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